Real people can't live under water

Vanessa Taveras Dalmau - Dominican Republic "I wanted to come to the underwater action because I felt identified to the cause, given that I live in an island nation and have been experiencing direct sea level rise in my country; our beaches are eroding and our coral reefs are bleaching, so I wanted to send out the message of urgency that negotiators must come to terms with a fair, ambitious and legally binding climate treaty at the COP16 in Cancun"